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The Master of Engineering Program is designed to allow students flexibility in their course choices so they can best tailor their program of study to match both what they are interested in and their post-graduation employment goals. Although there is flexibility there are several rules and requirements which must be met before a degree is conferred.

Total Credits Required

A student must complete a total of 30 credit hours.

Any work that contributes to these 30 credits must begin after entering the M.Eng program --- courses and other work completed before entering the program cannot be counted retroactively. Any exceptions to the above must be pre-approved by the Director of the CS M.Eng. Program.

None of the 30 credits may be counted toward any other degree program.

No more than 21 credits can be taken in one semester.

At least 28 credits must be taken for a letter grade.

Only two s/u credits will be counted towards the degree credit requirement.

Courses taken as Audit will not count towards the degree credit and students may only enroll in one audit course over the two semesters.

Distribution of Credits

All non-project credits must be earned from courses which are both "technical" and "advanced".

"Technical" courses include most upper level and graduate level courses (4000 and above.)

Many, although not all, 4000, 5000 and 6000 level courses offered by the College of Engineering, the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and the ''Information Systems'' program at the Johnson Graduate School of Management can be considered "advanced." The M.Eng Curriculum Committee determines whether a course is considered technical.

At least 15 of the 30 credits must come from Computer Science courses that are not

Seminars

Independent studies (CS 5999/7999)

M.Eng project (CS 5999)

At least two of the CS courses counted towards the degree must be at the 5000 level or above.

Grade Requirements

A minimum of twenty-eight credits required must be taken for a letter grade.

No course with a grade of less than C- will be counted for M.Eng credit.

A grade of B or better is required for all the credits associated with the project.

A cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 must be maintained to continue in the program.

Registration

M.Eng. students must be registered as a full time student while taking courses and completing project work under the course CS 5999. Please visit M.Eng Project page for additional information.

Students are expected to complete the program in two semesters and should plan their schedules accordingly. If a student wants or needs to stay an additional semester, this is acceptable only with prior approval of the CS M.Eng. Office.

Students must be registered as full time for all semesters. No part time study is permitted.

Students must complete all degree requirments in no more than 3 semesters and should not expect an extension of their student status for reasons such as continuing a job search, waiting for graduate school decisions etc.

Internships

Students who begin the MEng program in the spring semester, (and occasionally some who begin in fall,) are eligible to follow our internship track.

Students are responsible for securing their own internship for the summer between semesters.

Students must enroll in the Internship course in the semester following their internship summer (CS 5998.)